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just 28 days to go before the fiscal cliff deadline, today house republicans sent the president a counter-offer, calling for big cuts to entitlement spending, and no new taxes on the wealthy. >> tom: i'm tom hudson. auto sales speed up in november, with buyers taking advantage of ultra-cheap financing to ditch
just 28 days to go before the fiscal cliff deadline, today house republicans sent the president a counter-offer, calling for big cuts to entitlement spending, and no new taxes on the wealthy. >> tom: i'm tom hudson. auto sales speed up in november, with buyers taking advantage of ultra-cheap financing to ditch
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>> tom: an agreement to ease the fiscal cliff may not be wrapped up and waiting under your tree for christmas. senate majority leader harry reid said today it would be hard to get an agreement finished by the holiday, blaming the delay on republicans. not surprisingly, republicans say the president hasn't gotten serious about the talks. plenty of outside groups are offering up suggestions. and as darren gersh reports, they include warren buffett and some other big names in finance. >> reporter: there was some public movement in the fiscal cliff standoff today. instead of holding dueling press conferences, republicans and democrats traded barbs on the house floor. >> where are the president's spending cuts? the longer the white house slow- walks this process, the closer our economy gets to the fiscal cliff. >> reporter: behind the scenes, progress is being made, but democrats are still arguing they've given ground in previous budget battles. that's one reason they are holding firm on higher taxes now. >> $1.6 trillion in cuts. "where are the cuts?" they are in bills that you, mr. speaker, have
>> tom: an agreement to ease the fiscal cliff may not be wrapped up and waiting under your tree for christmas. senate majority leader harry reid said today it would be hard to get an agreement finished by the holiday, blaming the delay on republicans. not surprisingly, republicans say the president hasn't gotten serious about the talks. plenty of outside groups are offering up suggestions. and as darren gersh reports, they include warren buffett and some other big names in finance....
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>> i think there's a chance he will br just right enough to get something done on the fiscal cliff. we saw the president this harch meet with the bipartisan leadership in congress. remember the republicans because of the intransigence we talked about their caucus sought the speaker es plan for a plan b. that weakened the republican negotiating position . and now the president has maximum leverage because the tax cuts are due to expire by the end of the year. mitch mcconnell said he was hopeful and optimistic that they could get a deal that they could pass. the reason that that could happen if mitch mcconnell lets it happen, john boehner may feel no option but to put that on the floor for pass adge whether or not most republicans are for it. that would be the realization of that -- >> wouldn't that violate the principle that would have govern the policy that nothing wowlingd pass unless the yort of the majority support it. >> it would violate the principle. some democrats think that mitch mcconnell is ready to force john boehner's hand. we know the republicans are going to lose the f
>> i think there's a chance he will br just right enough to get something done on the fiscal cliff. we saw the president this harch meet with the bipartisan leadership in congress. remember the republicans because of the intransigence we talked about their caucus sought the speaker es plan for a plan b. that weakened the republican negotiating position . and now the president has maximum leverage because the tax cuts are due to expire by the end of the year. mitch mcconnell said he was...
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cliff, in other words? that's the question people asked when the president threatened to default two years ago and people said would the republicans cause the default? no, only the president can cause the default because only the president decides whether or not to pay interest the president i think has decided to go over the fiscal cliff for a number of reasons because he thinks he can blame other people for it. i hope he doesn't do that. two years ago he extended the business office for all this drama. he may decide to push us over a cliff. >> woodruff: finally, grover norquist, will there be a political price to pay for republicans who vote to raise taxes if that is what it comes down to? >> republicans will take a look, most republicans have committed, not to me, but their constituents, that they won't raise taxes and fight against tax increases. whatever they vote for they have to go to their constituents and say this wasn't a tax increase or let me explain to you what i did. they have to talk to their
cliff, in other words? that's the question people asked when the president threatened to default two years ago and people said would the republicans cause the default? no, only the president can cause the default because only the president decides whether or not to pay interest the president i think has decided to go over the fiscal cliff for a number of reasons because he thinks he can blame other people for it. i hope he doesn't do that. two years ago he extended the business office for all...
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boehner said house republicans have done what's needed, by passing bills to avoid the looming "fiscal cliff." instead, he put the blame squarely on senate democrats and the president. >> i'm not confident at all. listen, the house has done its job on both the sequester and on the looming tax hikes that will cost our economy some 700,000 jobs. the senate at some point has to act. on both of these, where is the president? where is the leadership? absent without leave. >> sreenivasan: negotiations on avoiding the cuts are not expected until after the november elections. in the meantime, the moody's rating agency said today it will likely cut its triple-a credit rating on u.s. government bonds, if the budget talks fail. wall street managed to move ahead today, recouping some of monday's losses. the dow jones industrial average gained 69 points to close at 13,232. the nasdaq rose half a point to close at 3104. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we head back to chicago, and the national spotlight focused on a teacher's strike in the nation's third la
boehner said house republicans have done what's needed, by passing bills to avoid the looming "fiscal cliff." instead, he put the blame squarely on senate democrats and the president. >> i'm not confident at all. listen, the house has done its job on both the sequester and on the looming tax hikes that will cost our economy some 700,000 jobs. the senate at some point has to act. on both of these, where is the president? where is the leadership? absent without leave. >>...
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cliff but what direction are we going to go. there are such different visions coming from the republicans and democrats. frankly i think if either were to win decisively it would be better off than having no policy. but we don't know what direction we're going. i think that is really what the issue is. >> woodruff: on that question mark note we will end, ken rogoff, muhamedelerian, thank you both. >> thank you >> suarez: still to come on the newshour: the hunt for mines in the persian gulf; the ouster of a chinese official; shields and brooks; plus, a middle schooler takes on violence in his school. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: world powers gathered in new york today to discuss ways to bolster support for syria's opposition. secretary of state hillary clinton hosted the "friends of syria" group along the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly meeting. two of syria's key allies, russia and china, were not included in the talks. clinton said the u.s. was offering the opposition an
cliff but what direction are we going to go. there are such different visions coming from the republicans and democrats. frankly i think if either were to win decisively it would be better off than having no policy. but we don't know what direction we're going. i think that is really what the issue is. >> woodruff: on that question mark note we will end, ken rogoff, muhamedelerian, thank you both. >> thank you >> suarez: still to come on the newshour: the hunt for mines in the...
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. >> and we have got the fiscal cliff coming at the end of the year. you know, what we ought to be doing is extend the current tax rates for another year with a hard requirement to get through comprehensive tax reform one more time. >> ifill: both campaigns are appealing to middle class pocketbooks at the same time they are adding record sums to their campaign coffers. romney and the republican national committee reported raising $106 million last month, outstripping the president and the democrats, who pulled in $71 million. outside fundraising groups are raising and spending millions more. all those dollar signs add up to a debate that could easily determine which party wins the white house and the congress this fall. for more on the politics behind the policy, we turn to "newshour" political editor christina bellantoni and stuart rothenberg of the "rothenberg political report." listening to the president just now, christina, i was interested when he talked about the pivot point we just mentioned. he said that the core mission is putting people back
. >> and we have got the fiscal cliff coming at the end of the year. you know, what we ought to be doing is extend the current tax rates for another year with a hard requirement to get through comprehensive tax reform one more time. >> ifill: both campaigns are appealing to middle class pocketbooks at the same time they are adding record sums to their campaign coffers. romney and the republican national committee reported raising $106 million last month, outstripping the president...
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then 9 fiscal cliff in december. so you've got just uncertainty piling on uncertainty, government introducing uncertainty even more than we've already got. and so the economy six months out really matter approximates in elections. and there's not that much reason to think it's going to get suddenly better. >> so is there time? i moan maybe it's not the time yet to ask this question. but is there time for the president to turn it in his direction? >> is time running out for him. >> well, it's an an even race t really is it is within the margin of error. but i think it's the kind of race that if the numbers continue to trend in this direction, and we all pray as americans that they don't, because we don't want to see further suffering, the statistics don't bleed but we know behind all of these numbers that there are human beings and families that are facing tragedy every day. but you know, then it becomes a race about disqualifying, a campaign about disqualifying euro upon enterment and that's not an attractive or appe
then 9 fiscal cliff in december. so you've got just uncertainty piling on uncertainty, government introducing uncertainty even more than we've already got. and so the economy six months out really matter approximates in elections. and there's not that much reason to think it's going to get suddenly better. >> so is there time? i moan maybe it's not the time yet to ask this question. but is there time for the president to turn it in his direction? >> is time running out for him....